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. 1998 Jul 15;12(43):20.
doi: 10.7748/ns.12.43.20.s40.

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Christopher Humm. Nurs Stand. .

Abstract

IMAGINE THE scene. Monday morning and you are the only qualified nurse on a busy elderly care unit. Of the other three care staff, one is a regular' and the others are from the agency and have never been in the building before.

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